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This NASA photo released on February 24, 2021 shows images of Mars from the Perseverance rover on February 21. © Handout, AFP The US space agency NASA released a spectacular panoramic view on Wednesday of the landing site of the Perseverance rover on Mars. The panorama shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched […]

President Joe Biden revoked a Trump-era ban on legal immigration for family members of U.S. citizensand residents, as well as diversity visa lottery recipients. | Doug Mills/Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a Trump-era ban on legal immigration for family members of U.S. citizens and residents, as well as diversity visa lottery recipients. […]

A review by US regulators of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine has found it is safe and effective.It paves the way for it to become the third Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised in the US, possibly within days. IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES The vaccine would be a cost-effective alternative to the Pfizer and Moderna […]

Since the onset of Siad Barre’s presidency 30 years ago, Somalia has been a fragmented nation due to the various clans dividing the country into different autonomous sections, which has led to a dysfunctional centralized government and a weak cohesion among the regional states. The writer is a campaigner and community organizer who advocates for […]

February 23, 2021 (GEDAREF) – Ethiopian army-backed militias Tuesday looted the crops of Sudanese farmers and retook control of a border area recently recaptured by the Sudanese army. Ethiopian army-backed militias Tuesday looted the crops of Sudanese farmers and retook control of a border area recently recaptured by the Sudanese army. Sudan and Ethiopia now […]

 At least 75 inmates died Tuesday and several others were injured in riots said to be triggered by gang rivalries at three jails in Ecuador’s overcrowded prison system, authorities said. A man waits for information about a detained family member outside the Inca Center for Social Rehabilitation, in Quito, Ecuador, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo) […]

The call scheduled on Wednesday would be the first conversation between Biden, as US president, and King Salman [File: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters] President Joe Biden is expected to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled release of a US intelligence report detailing the disappearance and murder of prominent journalist […]

FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia speaks during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. , U.S. February 23, 2021. © Demetrius Freeman/Pool via REUTERS An FBI warning that a protest by Donald Trump’s supporters could turn violent reached the U.S. Capitol Police the day before the deadly assault, but top officials in charge of securing […]

Supporters of different opposition presidential candidates demonstrate in Mogadishu on February 19, 2021. [AFP] Somalia is, once again, in political turmoil. The Horn of Africa nation’s opposition leaders say they no longer recognise the authority of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, popularly known by his nickname “Farmaajo”, after his term expired on February 8 without a […]

Protesters against the military’s seizure of power in Myanmar were back on the streets of the country’s biggest city on Tuesday, a day after a call for a general strike shuttered shops and brought huge numbers out to demonstrate. Protesters mass around vehicles as they block roads during a demonstration against the military coup in […]